4 And Jesus, full of the Holy Ghost, returned from Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,

² and was tempted forty days by the devil. And in those days, He ate nothing. But after they had ended, He was hungry.

³ Then the devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, command this stone, that it be made bread.”

⁴ But Jesus answered him, saying, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread only, but by every word of God.’”

⁵ Then the devil took Him up into a high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, in the twinkling of an eye.

⁶ And the devil said to Him, “All this power, and the glory of those kingdoms, will I give You. For that is delivered to me. And to whomever I will, I give it.

⁷ “Therefore, if You will worship me, they shall be all Yours.”

⁸ But Jesus answered him, and said, “Get behind me, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him alone You shall serve.’”

⁹ Then he brought Him to Jerusalem, and set Him on a pinnacle of the Temple, and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, cast Yourself down from here.

¹⁰ “For it is written, “He will give His angels charge over you, to keep you.

¹¹ “And with their hands they shall lift you up, lest at any time you should dash your foot against a stone.”

¹² And Jesus answered, and said to him, “It is said, ‘You shall not tempt the Lord your God.’”

¹³ And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from Him for a little season.

¹⁴ And Jesus returned (by the power of the Spirit) into Galilee. And word spread of Him throughout all the surrounding region.

¹⁵ For He taught in their synagogues and was honored by all.

¹⁶ And He came to Nazareth, where He had been raised. And as was His custom, He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read.

¹⁷ And the book of the Prophet Isaiah was given to Him. And when He had opened the book, He found the place where it was written,

¹⁸ “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me, that I should preach the Gospel to the poor. He has sent Me, that I should heal the brokenhearted, that I should preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind; that I should set at liberty those who are bruised,

¹⁹ and that I should preach the acceptable year of the Lord.”

²⁰ And He closed the book, and returned it to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all who were in the synagogue were fastened on Him.

²¹ Then He began to say to them, “This day is the Scripture fulfilled in your ears.”

²² And all bore Him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of His mouth, and said, “Is not this Joseph’s son?”

²³ Then He said to them, “You will surely say to me this proverb, ‘Physician, heal Yourself. Whatever we have heard was done in Capernaum, do it here also in Your own country.’”

²⁴ And He said, “Truly I say to you, no Prophet is accepted in his own country.

²⁵ “But I tell you the truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elijah, when Heaven was shut three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land.

²⁶ “But to none of them was Elijah sent, except to a certain widow in Zarephath, of Sidon.

²⁷ “Also, many lepers were in Israel in the time of Elisha the Prophet. Yet none of them was made clean, except Naaman the Syrian.”

²⁸ When all those in the synagogue heard that, they were filled with wrath,

²⁹ and rose up, and thrust Him out of the city, and led him to the edge of the hill whereupon their city was built, to cast Him over.

³⁰ But He passed through the midst of them, and went His way,

³¹ and came down into Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them there on the Sabbath days.

³² And they were astonished at His doctrine. For His word was with authority.

³³ And there was a man in the synagogue who had a spirit of an unclean demon, which cried with a loud voice,

³⁴ saying, “Oh, what have we to do with You, Jesus of Nazareth?! Have You come to destroy us?! I know who You are - The Holy One of God!”

³⁵ And Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be quiet! And come out of him!” Then the demon, throwing him in the midst of them, came out of him and did not hurt him.

³⁶ So fear came upon them all. And they spoke among themselves, saying, “What thing is this? For He commands the foul spirits with authority and power, and they come out!”

³⁷ And His fame spread throughout all the places of the surrounding countryside.

³⁸ And He rose up, and came out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon’s house. And Simon’s wife’s mother was taken with a great fever, and they required Him for her.

³⁹ Then He stood over her and rebuked the fever. And it left her. And immediately she arose and ministered to them.

⁴⁰ Now at sunset, all those who had sick of diverse diseases, brought them to Him. And He laid his hands on every one of them and healed them.

⁴¹ And demons also came out of many, crying, and saying, “You are the Christ, the Son of God!” But He rebuked them and did not allow them to say that they knew Him to be the Christ.

⁴² And when it was day, He departed and went forth into a desert place. And the people sought Him, and came to Him, and kept Him from leaving.

⁴³ But He said to them, “Surely I must also preach the Kingdom of God to other cities. For that is why I was sent.”

⁴⁴ And He preached in the synagogues of Galilee.